tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post111749703033731679..comments2015-03-01T03:55:40.082-08:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: VA's computerized medication system does not fix the problem of adverse drug reactionsjames gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-1117683516087818052005-06-01T20:38:00.000-07:002005-06-01T20:38:00.000-07:00I have worked temp jobs in VA's and may again. Th...I have worked temp jobs in VA's and may again. The computerized med system has a few glaring flaws. One is that most of the old fellas get their meds from everywhere and anywhere, and simply don't know what they take. So what is in the VA computer does not reflect reality. Worse, there is no way to get these meds and OTC crapola into the system so they show up in the med list. A progress note won't hack it. What meds are in other hospitals in the VA system may not, and usually are not, retrieveable at the treating hospital of the moment. Finally, there is no way for the treating PHYSICIAN to eliminate a so called "allergy" put in the records by a clerk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com